IMD Annual Report 2019

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The top-ranked, personalized MBA program continued to innovate for a fast-paced and evolving world IMD’s full-time MBA program exists to develop leaders who can transform organizations and contribute to society. The program offers its 90 participants, across 11 months, the opportunity to develop the fundamentals of business leadership: technical competence, self-awareness and sound judgment. The key objective for the program is to develop global leaders who will generate positive impact on their businesses, their communities and society at large. Throughout the year, IMD MBA participants develop the tools, skills, and self-awareness necessary to become the top business leaders of today and tomorrow. They acquire knowledge and insights about the world, about business and about themselves. Through this real learning, they graduate ready to make an impact and equipped to play a role in shaping our society. Mission statement: “To provide an intimate, personalized leadership development experiencedeliveringanunmatched emphasis on entrepreneurship, globalization and digitalization while equipping participants with the classic MBA toolkit.” The MBA degree program continued to receive accolades and recognition in influential rankings in 2019. Forbes again ranked IMD’s MBA as the world’s top one-year International MBA program. Bloomberg Businessweek ranked theMBA program as number one in Europe and fifth in the world - the only European school in the world’s top 20.